Charlotte Kates - Voice of Palestine Interview (2015)

Hanna Kawas: Welcome to another interview from Voice of Palestine, the voice of the Palestinian people. It's February 20, 2015, and I'm your host, Hanna Kawas. Today we're speaking with Charlotte Kates, founder of Samidoun, the Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network. We'll talk about Samidoun's work, especially regarding the case of Lina Khattab, a 10-year-old Palestinian girl from Birzeit and a folkloric school with folk arts that was recorded from an Israeli military court in Ofer to the governorate for years since February 16 after... And the government killed her for attempting to send goods and participating in an attempt... Can you start by giving us some background on Samidoun? It does very good work and I follow its site. It's a great way to get the message out to the world about the humanitarian conditions that Palestinian Muslims face. Can you give us some background on Samidoun?

Charlotte Kates: What activities do you do? Of course, well... The difficulty for Palestinian prisoners to maintain... In the American region in Gaza, they were released from Israeli prisons, and most of this attempt... A city exists to share information and help and share information between Islamic solidarity groups in Palestine and groups for heat and heat for all Islamic aid in Palestine. We also share information about Islamic aid in America and Islamic aid in Canada and Islamic aid in Palestine outside Palestine as well.

Hanna Kawas: Yes, I think you know you have a special skill in the United States, for example, and in France. You've done some work there. Can you tell us a bit about these cases? Of course, well...

Charlotte Kates: And you can see more of our work on our pages, Samidoun. We started that in Canada. So it's very important to talk about the cases of Muslims in the United States. Cases in the United States like those of Mumia Abu-Jamal or Nino... from Muslims who were in the heat... and also, of course, Muslims in the United States who were attacked for the heat of the community. One of the most important cases happening in the United States now is the case of Rasmea Odeh. She is a woman who worked all her life for the community and communication with Palestinian girls. She was a Palestinian girl in Israeli prisons and was killed greatly... The story of what happened to Rasmea was accepted in online books before its reform, and when Rasmea was just... And there was that she built a group called the French-Arab group that focused on implementation and help between Arab French women... Because she was trying to get a real activity for application and opposition, the United States is trying these attempts against her through legal means... And next month, on March 12, there will be an attempt to get... She has information especially about Rasmea's case. You can go here and find information about Rasmea's case on Samidoun's page. All this is very important. The campaign for Rasmea is working to build support for her. Again, this is a 67-year-old woman who has given her life to support Palestinians in her community, and she is being prosecuted by the United States government for that. And her prosecution as an elderly Palestinian political woman. There is a lot of detail about Samidoun.

Hanna Kawas: If people want to learn more about her case, please go to samidoun.ca for more news. Did you want to say more about her? Sorry if I interrupted.

Charlotte Kates: No, just to remind that Rasmea's case is different from the only case in the United States. There are also five cases from the United States, five people working about 65 years in the mosque to raise money for Palestine and send money to US agencies that were sending money to US agencies. Also in France, there is the case of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. He is a clear Arab Lebanese supporter of Palestine and he has now spent 30 years in French prisons. He is a clear Arab Lebanese...

Hanna Kawas: And there is more information about his event on Samidoun as well. And let's not forget the event of Al-Arian who was deported to Turkey a couple of weeks ago and spent more than 15 years in the US prison system... But this shows that in the United States and Canada, we are implementing a new law for many aids to PDS, so we are coming to Canada, but I don't think they will do it according to that. It is an implementation... Through the BDS movement or through the solidarity movement in the republic. Yes, definitely.

Charlotte Kates: Yes, the BDS movement that is being implemented through influences... This is, of course, just a serious threat to the Palestinian community and participants in Palestine, but as I said, it's very important to continue working and continue to return. We...

Hanna Kawas: And it's also very clear through the comparison between Israel and Canada to implement BDS attempts and Palestinian attempts and their participation as anti-Semitic. And it was clear that Canada is in a group with Israeli aid and Israeli aid not only from the Palestinian aid group but from the Palestinian aid group in the republic. So I think there is a lot of information on this topic here, but it's important. I think that's what we did here in Vancouver. We launched a general boycott campaign against Canada, which is an important organization here in Canada, to show them that we are not afraid of their country or their practices with Israel, and we will fight again and we will fight all those who expect. Subscribe to the channel. With Palestinian Muslims and especially with Lina Khattab. And if you could give us some information about what happened here, we gave it in our interview, but it would be welcome if you could give us some knowledge about what happened with Lina.

Charlotte Kates: Of course. She was 18 years old, she was a student... She was moving in South Ofer, calling for the release of municipal officials, and when she participated in this attempt, she was killed by Israeli officials and was killed in a jeep and was killed and they hid her, and when she was killed for a few days in the attempt... And there was an experiment in it... The three Muslims who killed her, the three Muslims... This is not normal. There is no room for help or aid system for Palestinians. There is no room for help or aid system for Palestinians. There is no room for help or aid system for Palestinians. And Palestine's protection to close the Palestinian opposition and the opposition... And when she was going through the Christian community, she was meeting the community again, again, again, and every week she took the community to the community, she took the community to the community in a long car, and she took months to the Christian community. Just to tell you that getting... And what was her attempt? What was the plan she was attempting? She was participating in a planned attempt because through Muslim secrets in every attempt in Palestine that was not allowed through Muslim secrets and through laws. And in fact, the area itself is the logical area, and it is also an attempt to send souls and send souls. It is an attempt to send souls that are used by Israeli militants fairly, and an attempt to send souls used by Israeli militants and an attempt to send souls used by Israeli militants. In 2014, we see the leadership launching to say that you might be able to work 20 years in the mosque to release souls. And then we see children aged 14, 15, and 16 coming from the Israeli mosque base. And when they deal with that, they deal quickly again. So this is the help that Israeli militants use to specifically target Palestinian children. And what we also see in Lina's case, which we were told by Sahar Francis, the humanitarian director at Adneer, the community responsible for human rights in Ramallah, is the fact that Lina forgets rights, the fact that Lina forgets any kind of interviews and that this was being done specifically for a little girl. But this is really an attempt to liberate the school group that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying to close the school that is trying So in the end after 8 of these repeated repeated repeated repeated repeated attempts These governments must be responsible for what is in them, there is nothing like just just just just just just just just just

Hanna Kawas: And as you know, really starring in Gaza and killing people is not made, but you are using the area. I just want to read the secrets of the main main Israeli area 101 for users and they say that a person organizing a group or a group without a stage will be planned to help for 10 years So in addition to 20 years to send a card even if you have a free free free match against employees you can get 10 years of criminals in the only Moroccan century of democracy in the middle city It is something that the legal government shares with Israel and they write what they do in the station or through laws or through practice about how to close Muslims I also want to give you a chance to say how people can help identify the project to identify Lina. Sure. What we are doing now is working to run a lot of online help and rely on her facts.

Charlotte Kates: There have been many messages about her facts Since she was just There is a group of people in the world taking pictures of themselves and their group, they are filming and saying there is even a video talking about her facts and showing the online help built on her facts And on Facebook this video has been seen more than 8000 times now. There is also a YouTube group of this video that has been seen hundreds of times. There is a group of people in France who have sent a declaration of support for her. There have been people at schools all over America dealing with their contacts and making their contacts. We have free contacts on our website. There is also a message to free contacts that people can contact to enter a note to the United States. And of course, we believe it is very important to bring information about Lina and the message about killing Lina to attempts and attempts and attempts and attempts and attempts and attempts and attempts and attempts So that you can speak when you have institutions and opposition in this fighting school in your city and they say we demand freedom from Palestine and the bite of freedom from Palestine is freedom from the Palestinians who are already responsible and yet Nima Kitab And we have clips and flyers that you can send on our website and share with people in your own community and our statement is translated into English, Spanish, and French and we we we we we we we we we we

Hanna Kawas: And also for Facebook users there is also a Lina Khattab Facebook page so we encourage people to like it

Charlotte Kates: Am I correct? Is there a site like that? Yes, there is a Facebook page from Free Lina Khattab, which is facebook.com facebook.com facebook.com facebook.com Muslims who are liberated by the Palestinian community because Israel wants to close them, wants to close their voices and schools for the Palestinian community and the global community for rights and heat, and that is by highlighting the stories of Muslims who are liberated by the Palestinian community, they share their voices and demand their heat, and we stop Israel from doing its work in closing their voices and schools

Hanna Kawas: And Charlotte, we must also mention that the mosque where Hasharon is now and in the same situation with all Israeli mosques all inside Israel is simply really against the mosque Against the internet government and especially against the internet government of South Geneva does not allow the internet government to send Muslims to their country their country their country their country their country their country their country

Charlotte Kates: That is certainly true. One of the ways it is very wrong for Palestinians is that many Palestinian Muslims cannot return to their families again because their families must obtain a special entry permit to Israel in order to return to their families. So we see Palestinian Muslims. There is a girl named Rona Kadan. She was in the mosque for 2.5 years. During this time, she had more than 20 mosque attempts. She didn't even try at the Kangaroo mosque from the Israeli mosque. She tried going to the mosque for two and a half years because all her friends went there. And what we see is that it is not just killing a group of Palestinian Muslims, it is killing a group of Palestinian Muslims. This is killing a group against Palestinian families in the republic, and this is one of the main ways that affects Palestinians. There is another thing we should know about Hasharon and most Palestinian families: the political system in Hasharon. From a company called G4S. It is the largest security company in the world. It is actually implementing a security method, a resistance security method in Canadian provinces as well. And it is subject to obtaining a global security method. And not only to create a security method for the provinces, but also for its joining the liberation and social humanity of the Palestinians. There is a new attempt to obtain social help against G4S, which was obtained through many united schools in united areas in Europe. So we must mention that this is a new group that deals directly.

Hanna Kawas: And they were using the techniques used to achieve the area.

Charlotte Kates: Music. Translation by Nancy Kangar.

Hanna Kawas: Okay, I want to talk about the three other common incidents that Sami Don shares, and it is important to really show the ugliness of the resistance that has continued since 1967 in the American bank. More than that, what we are talking about is really There was a woman through a process from Lina to Malik al-Khatib who was 14 years old. Can you tell us a little about her case? And they sent her finally, but it is very hard to hear her story.

Charlotte Kates: Yes, certainly. Roka Hatev was going to the city in Ramallah on December 31 of last year when the dear Muslims were killed. She was 14 years old, and she was killed from her home, and she was killed from her city. Where she was just She was just And as you know, her family is not wealthy; they raised money to pay for this risk. There was significant international and Palestinian determination to send her, because she is a 14-year-old girl who was going home, and when I told her about the Israeli Muslims, she refused, and she warned her again, and she warned her with a big order to send her. The story of Relax... the story of Relax is not... she is not one of the Palestinian children. There are hundreds of Palestinian children being controlled every week. I mean, Palestinian children use it even if they have one day or one week. It's really an attempt to kill Palestinian children, both boys and girls. And as you know, Malas was children children children children children children children children children Welcome. Earlier this week, she went and participated and talked about sending the home to home for children. A specific English child in Palestine sent news and gave answers and did research. To show how many Palestinian children are made, made, made at the same time or at the same time, made at the same time or at the same time or at the same time or at the same time or at the same time And that access to individual Palestinian Muslims and claiming views for Palestinian children who lose their individual schools, those in the mosque cannot take their price, they do not lose their individual schools, those who lose their individual schools, the individuals who lose their individual schools So this is something that not only affects children while they are in the mosque, but also greatly affects their children, greatly, greatly, greatly, greatly, greatly, greatly

Hanna Kawas: And as I said, she gives this to these families greatly because it opens in the Zionist opposition plan to close Palestinians from their family because this gets Muslims or on the payments Where the money should go to Palestinian weapons, but they stopped doing that in the end. So really, it's part of this basic code to close Palestinians during the time and close them financially so they leave Palestine. But they don't succeed, I think they do it in Jerusalem more quickly, I would also move to the case of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, who will be welcome in three days on February 23, can you tell us a little about his case? I think it's related to the fifth video about the poor cameras that were just just just just just

Charlotte Kates: Weak attempts against the apartheid city that were recorded through the apartheid city, and it is one of the best attempts to record the apartheid city and attempts to record the apartheid city and attempts to record the apartheid city and attempts to record the apartheid city But because of the development of these meetings and internet participation and their help in developing the city and the city that is developing for construction and development and help, these meetings and their help From the Israeli ministers. And there is a place we see that in the case of Abdullah Abdulrahman, who should have been killed at eight eight eight eight to communicate in an attempt just just just just just just just just just just Because the attempts that were happening were loyal to the Israeli sultan and again as you read the story story story story story story story story Now, he is dealing with participation in the participations in 2005 and 2012. He was supposed to be an attempt to identify and eliminate him. Then they gave these participations again. And this is certainly just an attempt to identify and edit participation in billions against the city and an attempt to free people from participation in these participations. In the case of Abdullah Ibrahim, there were recordings from Amnesty International and from human rights organizations, but we also don't see recordings from human rights organizations. Because there is no right to cover our city and our home city, and they build a city or rebuild the home, and therefore Abdullah Abdulrahman is dealing with help, and we don't know what the help group will do to re-help, and as you know again we are talking about a help group that builds a help group and nothing else And there is a free update on the Sami al-Din website, you can go and help with a free update, this is something that the social goal group also shares, and the participants in that should share the goal group group group group group group group group

Hanna Kawas: Also, there is no such thing as an internet government. What can people do to support the Palestinian Muslims?

Charlotte Kates: Yes, definitely, well, in my opinion, To stop dealing with resistance and to support the basic facts of the Palestinians. And the basic facts of the Palestinians are to be free from dealing with people and liberation from communities. And the movement I spoke about finally against G4S is one of the largest global movements, especially in communication with the Palestinian Muslims through it, and it is part of the agricultural community to obtain weapons and simulations and our participation in the BDS movement like what you do with the BDS group in Vancouver with the movement of our obtaining. A group of people who deal with people. It is important to stop social communication. To sell a false image of Israel to share the Israeli city with just the life of Muslims. We require to remove this behavior from money, from the economic, national and diplomatic zone of the Israeli nation. And by removing this help, people who deal with the help community deal with. Translation by Nancy Qanqar. The most important things people can do globally to help prosecute Palestinian Muslims, and there is a very important matter when we do VDF projects to know the subject about the collective Palestinian Muslims to say that this financial, Palestinian and sultanic help is what makes people like Mina Kitab deprived. And these people have the right to liberation, and Palestine and humans have the right to liberation, and BDS is a very important way to liberate this project.